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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Batavia man died after he struck a utility pole with a vehicle Wednesday on Ridge Road in the Town of Ridgeway, the Orleans County Sheriff’s Office announced. Police responded to scene at midnight, where they found a vehicle engulfed in flames. Officials said live power lines fell across the...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Marvin Dones Jr. was vacationing in Puerto Rico with his girlfriend and her daughter. The Buffalo man, according to his family, was standing on rocks on a beach taking pictures when he slipped and eventually dorwned. According to officials in Puerto Rico, he was swept away...

A Silver Creek man who violated his probation by getting arrested earlier this year will spend 10 years in state prison. Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt says 35-year-old David Payne was sentenced Tuesday by Judge David Foley for a Class D violent felony count of 2nd-degree assault and a Class C...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo man was sentenced to 17 years in prison for running over a man and killing him last year in Niagara Falls, the Niagara County District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday. Patrick Washington, III, 20, intentionally ran over 26-year-old Xavier Gober, of Niagara Falls, on Oct. 15, 2024, on...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Do you now need a prescription to get the Covid vaccine in New York? It's a question 2 On Your Side has been asked since the Food and Drug Administration came out with new guidelines last week. CVS told 2 On Your Side that you do...

HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) — Students in New York State public and charter schools do not have to worry about going hungry during the school day, as this new school year marks New York’s statewide free school meals program. “The idea of being able to get a meal at school, that’s super meaningful for our students […]

BUFFALO, N.Y. — St. Luke’s Mission of Mercy on Buffalo’s East Side is asking for the community’s help to ensure the church can stay warm this winter. The nonprofit has launched its 'Turn Up the Heat' campaign — an effort to raise $326,000 to replace failing steam heating pipes beneath the church. At last check, the...

31-year-old Julian Taylor was arraigned on an indictment charging him with Attempted Murder following an alleged assault with a shovel that took place on Greene Street in July.

Fair, dry weather is expected for the entire forecast area for this Labor Day holiday, National Weather Service forecasters say. Cooler, weatter weather returns late in the week.

A Town of Tonawanda police cruiser was struck late Saturday night as an officer responded to a separate single-car accident on Interstate...